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Re: Depends on exact version



Daniel Lintott <daniel@serverb.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 02:39:15PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:
>> Daniel Lintott <daniel@serverb.co.uk> wrote:
>>> I have a package which is split into two sources (a server and
>>> gui). The server version should match the gui version (upstream
>>> version) at all times.
[...]
> The metapackage is needed to provide an upgrade route from the GNS3
> 0.8.x [1] to the new GNS3 1.x which is split into a gui/server.
> Obviouosly it's preferred for existing users of GNS3 to upgrade to
> the new version, as the old version (what will become gns3-legacy)
> is no longer in active development.
[...]

Hello,

I see. I do not understand, though, why you need something more
strict/complicated than a simple
---------------------------------
Package: metapackage
Architecture: all
Depends: server (>= ${binary:Version}, client (>= ${binary:Version})
---------------------------------

cu Andreas
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